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Closing out this week’s Green Deals is a $500 discount on Tenways’ CGO600 Pro belt-drive e-bike that is down at a $1,399 low and also has a few ways to score some bonus savings. We’ve also got a bunch of lingering Prime Day deals like Bluetti’s AC180 Portable Power Station that comes bundled with a 200W solar panel at a new $779 low, as well as several other models/bundles still remaining at their recent low prices. Next, you can score $304 off UGREEN’s PowerRoam 1200 Portable Power Station at $495, or save up to 50% on a whole collection of Greenworks tools, including a 40V 19-inch cordless electric mower that comes with a 5.0Ah/50kmAh power bank battery for $240, among others. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals in the links at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s first-time Jackery Explorer 2000 v2 bundle discount and the Hangover Prime Big Deal Days hub, which still has a significant amount of leftover deals that are still lingering and worth a look before they’re gone.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

Tenways’ 37-pound CGO600 Pro belt-drive e-bike assists you up to 53 miles at $1,399 low

Tenways has discounted two of its e-bike models on varying ends of the commuting spectrum by $500, giving folks ample opportunities at higher-end designs at more affordable rates. The standout deal for those who like to actually cycle and just want some added assistance is that the brand’s lightweight CGO600 Pro e-bike has been dropped down to $1,399 shipped. Normally going for $1,899 at full price these days, there have been a few discounts that have popped up since its release last year, often taking costs down to $1,499, with a few others that have gone further to $1,399, which happens to be the best price we can find since the brand hit our radar. You can learn more about this model below or through our hands-on review at Electrek.

Tenways’ CGO600 Pro e-bike cruises onto the scene as a lightweight companion for folks who enjoy the activity of cycling over just wanting a throttled model to do all the work (as there is none). It weighs in at just 37 pounds, meaning urban commuters might find this an ideal fit – especially if you’re living in a walk-up apartment building. It sports a 350W rear hub motor that comes powered by a removable, smaller-than-usual 360Wh battery (again, no throttle so less battery and weight) – topping out at 20 MPH and four levels of pedal assistance (with a torque sensor) to utilize for up to 53 miles on a single charge.

The CGO600 Pro e-bike’s single-speed design also comes complimented with a Gates carbon belt drive system over a standard chain, throwing out concerns of growing noise and/or rust that standard chain systems tend to develop over time – especially for those living on the coasts where salt water in the air can exasperate problems faster. It also comes stocked with a nice array of features like Tektro dual-piston hydraulic disc brakes, puncture-proof tires, LED lighting, internally-routed cables, a compact OLED display, companion app integration – as well as four solid colorways on top of three different size options (which is a rare thing to be offered in the e-mobility world).

Tenways is also offering some added savings and free gear too – with a quick sign-up onto the brand’s newsletter getting you a mudguard set for the wheels alongside a kickstand (valued at $118). If you happen to be a medical provider, military member, first responder, or teacher, you can follow the link on the page to get verified and receive an additional $150 off your purchase.

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Bluetti AC180 solar generator bundle at new $779 low in hangover Prime Day savings

We’ve got some lingering fall Prime Day deals still available through the official Bluetti Amazon storefront, with the brand’s AC180 Portable Power Station bundled alongside a 200W solar panel down at $779 shipped, after clipping the on-page $520 off coupon. You’d usually find this package priced at $1,299, with most discounts having kept costs above $879, and a few more recent ones dropping things lower to $799. The recent Prime Big Deals Day event increased the savings and took things even further, with the chance to still score it here today at a 40% markdown that also lands it at a new all-time low price. You can find the power station alone still down at its new $459 Prime Day low, or bump up the solar input to a 350W panel for $949, after clipping the on-page $550 off coupon.

Fall camping trips can always use a reliable backup power companion and the AC180 power station tackles device and portable appliance needs at an affordable price. It delivers a 1,152Wh LiFePO4 battery capacity that dishes out up to 1,800W of power output – with smart controls to adjust settings through the BLUETTI app on your tablet or smartphone. It boasts 11 output ports: four ACs, four USB-As, one USB-C, one DC, and even a wireless charging pad for your smaller, more personal devices. Recharging times come significantly reduced with this unit too, as you can get to 80% battery in as little as 45 minutes when your plug it into a wall outlet, or in 2.8 to 3.3 hours when connected to a 500W solar input.

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Save $304 on UGREEN’s PowerRoam 1200 LiFePO4 power station as it returns to $495 low

Courtesy of its official Amazon storefront, UGREEN is offering another chance to score its PowerRoam 1200 Portable Power Station at the best rate we’ve seen for $495.38 shipped, with a 38% discount being automatically applied at checkout. Recently this unit would cost you $799, after falling from its original $999 MSRP back in the middle of summer. We last saw this same opportunity at the tail-end of July, with the months since having kept costs to the new going rate, but it returns here today with $304 slashed off its price tag for the best price we have tracked.

Built around a LiFePO4 battery, the PowerRoam 1200 delivers a 1,024Wh capacity and pumps out juice at up to 2,500W, letting it handle larger appliances during your travels or power outages. You can recharge the battery to 80% in just 50 minutes when you connect it to a standard wall outlet, while a full charge will take a little longer at 1.5 hours. Utilizing two 200W solar panels, you can take advantage of its solar charging capabilities to recharge its battery in about three to four hours. Smart controls are available through the UGREEN app via a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection, and it also boasts an impressive 13 output port options to cover a wide array of needs: six ACs, two USB-As, two USB-Cs, two DCs, and one car port.

If you were hoping for a larger option, UGREEN’s PowerRoam 2200 Portable Power Station is also getting a similar discount to $1,311, with a lesser 18% discount being automatically applied at checkout. Arriving with its own LiFePO4 battery that offers a 2,048Wh capacity, you can further expand that up to 12,000Wh when connected to five of its expansion batteries (sold separately). Equipped with the brand’s PowerZip tech, recharging is far faster than you might expect, taking just 1.5 hours with a standard wall outlet (50 minutes for 80%), or you can connect up to its maximum 1,200W of solar input to charge via the sunlight. Its durable body has been designed with a 4-wheel detachable trolley for easier transport options, complete with smart controls via the app, and 16 output ports: six AC ports, four USB-C ports, two USB-A ports, two DC ports, one RV port, and one car port.

Greenworks 40V 19-inch cordless electric lawn mower with 5.0Ah/50,000mAh power bank battery

Greenworks 40V 19-inch cordless electric mower comes with a 5.0Ah/50kmAh power bank battery at $240 low

Amazon is offering the Greenworks 40V 19-inch Cordless Electric Lawn Mower for $239.99 shipped. After sitting at $270 across 2023, we saw this model jump up closer to $320 in 2024 and now down to match the lowest price we have tracked on Amazon. It has seen a fair share of discounts this year that brought costs back down into its older price range, with some keeping above $256 and others going $16 lower. Today, you’re looking at the chance to grab it at this lower rate that happens to be the best price we have tracked here, saving you $80 in the process.

This 40V Greenworks model comes in as a lawn care solution that not only replaces the annoying features of gas-guzzlers like noise, fumes, and fuel costs but won’t burn a hole through your wallet to do so like many higher-end mowers. It sports the usual brushless motor design that the brand is known for these days, powered by the included 5.0Ah battery that gives you up to 35 minutes of continuous runtime – which can easily be switched out for other batteries if you’ve already got others in your arsenal. It’s all housed inside a 19-inch steel deck and has seven different cutting heights on top of a 2-in-1 functionality to either mulch or side discharge your clippings. Its battery even has a secondary usage in that its USB port can be used to charge your personal devices on top of powering the mower (50,000mAh capacity).

There’s still a bunch of leftover Prime Day deals on other Greenworks tools that we’re seeing keep to their discounted rates – up to 50% off. Depending on just where you may be located, weather conditions and your needs might vastly differ and there is a wide variety of outdoor gear being offered here to get you through the rest of fall and even prep ahead for winter. Check out some of these notable tools:

Fall e-bike deals!

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Best new Green Deals landing this week

The savings this week are also continuing to a collection of other markdowns. To the same tune as the offers above, these all help you take a more energy-conscious approach to your routine. Winter means you can lock in even better off-season price cuts on electric tools for the lawn while saving on EVs and tons of other gear.

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Tesla’s top crash safety architect quits

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Petter Winberg, Tesla crash safety architect, via LinkedIn

Tesla’s top crash safety architect, who helped the automaker achieve top safety scores for its entire car line-up, announced that he is leaving the automaker after 14 years.

We are talking about Petter Winberg, Tesla’s Principal Engineer for CAE crashing safety for the last decade.

After an extensive career at Volvo and SAAB, both car brands praised for their commitment to safety, Winberg joined Tesla in 2011 to work on the “crash safety development of Model S structure and side occupant restraints.”

At the time, Tesla was still working on the Model S, its first vehicle built entirely from the ground up, considering the original Roadster was based on the Lotus Elise.

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CEO Elon Musk aimed for “Tesla vehicles to be the safest on the planet,” and Winberg took the challenge seriously.

He led the development of the vehicle body and chassis structure for Model 3 and Model Y, as well as the crash structure for Model S and Model X.

All of these vehicles have received top safety crash scores from independent testers worldwide – quickly elevating Tesla’s brand into a leader in passive safety.

Winberg and his team deserve a lot of the credit for this.

The engineer also led the design of crash readiness and the energy-absorbing capacity of Tesla’s latest “gigacasting” and structural battery pack designs, for which he obtained patents. Other automakers have since adopted similar designs.

For those less technical who want to understand how good and respected Winberg is at Tesla, he has been working for Tesla remotely in Sweden for the last five years. That’s impressive in itself, considering how much Musk hates remote work. He previously emailed Tesla management to tell them that only exceptional employees would be eligible for an exemption to work remotely, which he would approve himself.

After 14 years at Tesla, Winberg announced last week that he is leaving (via LinkedIn):

Having developed Model S, S-DM, X, 3, Y, Y-SP as well as future crash architectures, I have decided now is the time to move on. Thank you Tesla, keep crushing it! What an incredible team, I will miss you all.

He didn’t elaborate on his reasons for leaving the automaker or announce another venture.

Electrek’s Take

While Tesla has received much criticism for the dangers of its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” systems, I don’t think anyone can question that Tesla vehicles perform extremely well in terms of passive safety.

Independent testing has proven it time and time again.

Tesla has led the way in taking advantage of designing electric vehicles from the ground up. Its skateboard-like powertrain design and lack of engine in the front allow for a giant crumple zone to absorb the energy in case of a crash.

A big thank you to Petter Winberg for his designs and leadership in improving Tesla’s passive safety. He has undoubtedly made the automotive industry safer and saved lives. Congratulations.

As for his departure, it’s certainly a blow for Tesla. As we previously reported, the company has suffered a significant exodus of talent over the last year, with a big part of its leadership leaving during and after a wave of layoffs last year.

Many predict that Tesla could again initiate another wave of layoffs in the coming months as its sales are crumbling worldwide.

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Tesla Model S Plaid gets smoked in drag race by Xiaomi’s cheaper SU7 Ultra

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Tesla Model S Plaid vs Xiaomi Su7 Ultra

The SU7 Ultra, Xiaomi’s new flagship electric vehicle, went against a Tesla Model S Plaid in a drag race and it smoked it.

The car is ridiculously powerful, and it’s about 35% cheaper than the Plaid, which is already affordable relative to its supercar performance.

We recently released a report about how impressed we are by Xiaomi’s incredible rise in the EV market in China.

Its first vehicle, the SU7, is a smash hit. It now consistently delivers over 20,000 units a month, it has surpassed the Tesla Model 3, its closest competitor, and has a more than 30-week-long backlog of orders.

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The vehicle achieves more range and is cheaper than Model 3 while having additional features.

Last month, Xiaomi launched a new top-of-the-line version of the SU7: the SU7 Ultra.

The headline is that the $72,800 (529,900 RMB) has a powertrain packing up 1,526 horsepower. That’s absolutely insane. Xiaomi quotes a 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) acceleration in just 1.98 seconds.

While the SU7 is meant more as a Model 3 competitor, the SU7 Ultra actually competes with Tesla’s flagship Model S Plaid in terms of performance.

They organized a drag race between the SU7 Ultra and Model S Plaid. Here it is:

As you can see, the SU7 Ultra slipped at the start, which is not surprising considering how much power it outputs, but it still managed to catch up and beat the Model S Plaid.

At over 1,000 horsepower, many, myself included, thought that it was a bit mad to offer a vehicle like the Model S Plaid with such supercar power for a relatively cheap price – RMB 814,900 (approximately $112,000 USD) in China and just $95,000 in the US.

But now, Xiaomi shakes things up even more by offering 1,500 horses for just a little more than $70,000. It’s mad.

Now, I can hear your thoughts: “but it’s just good in a straight line drag race like other EVs.” Think again, the SU7 Ultra prototype claimed the title as the fastest four-door sedan at the famous Nurburgring race track in Germany.

Electrek’s Take

Damn, the Chinese are good. Xiaomi has come hard with the SU7, but the crazy thing is that it’s just one of several Chinese top-of-the-line EVs coming out. Nio has the ET7, BYD has the U7, and there are many more.

These vehicles are all impressive in their own rights.

It’s easy to understand why American automakers are so scared and lobbied the US government for 100% tariffs on them.

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Trump administration sends a clear message to the oil and gas industry: ‘You’re the customer’

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Trump administration sends a clear message to the oil and gas industry: 'You're the customer'

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum: We're bringing back manufacturing and mining to the U.S.

HOUSTON — The officials leading President Donald Trump’s energy agenda made clear to oil, gas and mining executives this week that they have an ally in Washington who intends to make it as easy as possible for them to drill in federal lands and waters.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told executives gathered for the world’s largest energy conference that the Trump administration does not view climate change as an existential threat. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said rising global temperatures are simply a byproduct of developing the country’s national resources to support economic growth and national security.

Burgum leads Trump’s recently established National Energy Dominance Council and Wright serves as his deputy on the interagency body tasked with boosting production. Burgum was effusive in his praise of the oil and gas industry during remarks delivered at CERAWeek by S&P Global conference.

“I’m going to share two words that I do not think that you have heard from a federal official in the Biden administration during the last four years. And those two words are thank you,” said Burgum, who previously served as governor of North Dakota, a state that produces 1.2 million barrels of oil per day.

Burgum leaned on his experience as software company executive to lay out his view of the interior department’s role. The department under his leadership views the companies developing resources on federal lands as “customers” who are contributing revenue to the nation’s “balance sheet,” Burgum said.

“If someone was sending me revenue, they weren’t the enemy. They were the customer,” Burgum said. The administration loves anyone who wants to harvest timber, mine for critical minerals, graze cattle, or produce oil and gas on federals, the interior secretary said.

Royalties sent from lease agreements on federal land will help the U.S. pay down its national debt and balance the budget, Burgum said. “You’re the customer,” the interior secretary told the executives.

The value of nation’s abundant natural resources far outweighs its $36 trillion in debt, Burgum said. If financial markets understood the value of America’s natural resources, the 10-year long-term interest rate would come down, Burgum claimed.

“The interest rates right now are one of the biggest expenses we have as a country,” Burgum said. “So one of the things that we have to do is unleash America’s balance sheet, and President Trump is helping us do that,” he said.

Burgum slammed the Biden administration’s focus on climate change as an “ideology.” He said the Trump administration views Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon and China winning the artificial intelligence race as the two existential threats facing the U.S. rather than global warming. Wright said Biden had a “myopic” and “quasi religious” belief in reducing emissions that hurt consumers.

Burgum and Wright dismissed policies that support a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, arguing that wind and solar won’t be able to meet rising energy demand in the coming years from artificial intelligence and re-industrialization.

“There is simply no physical way that wind, solar and batteries could replace the myriad uses of natural gas. I haven’t even mentioned oil or coal yet,” Wright said at the conference. Wright previously served as CEO of oilfield services company Liberty Energy and a board member at nuclear startup Oklo.

Oil execs see allies in Washington

Oil executives are enthusiastic about the change of administrations in Washington, returning the praise they received from Trump’s energy team during the week.

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance said Wright and Burgum “understand the business,” describing them as the best energy team the U.S. has seen in decades. TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné said he was “impressed by the quality of our counterparts.” Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said the industry is “seeing some reality come back to the conversation.”

“For years, my message has been, we need a balanced conversation about affordability, reliability and the environment, and focusing only on climate leads us to ignore the first two,” Wright said.

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The executives all referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, following Trump’s executive order to rename the body of water. The president issued an order on his first day to repeal Biden’s ban on offshore drilling in 625 million acres of U.S. coastal waters.

BP CEO Murray Auchincloss briefly slipped before correcting himself when discussing how generative AI is helping with exploration: “We started doing this in the Gulf of Mexico, uh America, and we spread that to other nations as well.”

But Trump’s calls to “drill, baby, drill” are running up against market reality. The CEOs of Chevron and Conoco said U.S. oil production will likely plateau in the coming years after hitting new records under the Biden administration.

“Chasing growth for growth’s sake has not proven to be particularly successful for our industry,” Wirth said. “At some point, you’ve grown enough that you should start to move towards a plateau, and you should generate more free cash flow, rather than just more barrels.”

Lance sees U.S. oil production plateauing later this decade and then slowly declining.

“Maybe it’s time to go back to exploring the Gulf of America,” Pouyanné said. “The new administration is opening the Gulf. It has been slowed down after the Macondo drama,” he said, referring the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest in the history of marine drilling operations.

U.S. oil producers are scheduled to meet with Trump next week, industry lobby group American Petroleum Institute said in statement.

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